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Nigeria Loses City Of 100,000 To Boko Haram
Today's Headlines

Headline	Comments [Views]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Two Israeli Border Guards Killed in Missile Strike, UN Soldier Dies in Retaliation	3 14:55 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [1743]
At Least Five Arrested in 'Anti-Jihadist' Raid in France	1 16:04 g(r)omgoru [1739]
Two Killed by Bomb in Strife-Torn Southern Philippines	0 [1739]
Belgium Arrests Three Suspected Islamist Militants	0 [1745]
Hizbullah, Syrian Army Clash with Militants near Border Town of Nahle	1 03:07 g(r)omgoru [1740]
One Killed as Bomb Explodes in Car in Egypt's Alexandria	1 03:08 g(r)omgoru [1738]
Scores of foreign fighters among Kobane dead	10 18:09 borgboy [1742]
Border forces foil ISIL attack on border station near Jordanian borders	0 [1751]
14 ISIL killed in eastern Salah-il-Din	0 [1755]
US-led strikes kill 19 ISIS militants including key leader in Kirkuk	0 [1742]
Iraqi S.W.A.T forces kill 30 ISIS militants in Fallujah	3 14:45 Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 [1743]
ISIS kidnaps 30 civilians central Mosul	0 [1744]
21 wanted individuals arrested in Wasit	0 [1740]
Moroccan terrorist dies in Iraq	0 [1745]
Tunisia dismantles jihadist cell	0 [1731]
BNP leader's son held with petrol bombs	0 [1742]
Shibir calls 48-hour hartal in Rajshahi division	1 10:52 Frank G [1736]
Pakistan says 53 'terrorists' killed in airstrikes near Afghanistan	0 [1738]
Yemen president's chief of staff released	0 [1734]
Anti-Charlie Hebdo protesters storm Bannu Christian school	0 [1749]
Security forces kill six militants in Dera Ismail Khan	0 [1743]
Tripoli official blames ex-Qaddafi Revolutionary Guards and assassination squads for Corinthia attack	0 [1739]
Corinthia Hotel attack	0 [1747]
Nigeria Loses City Of 100,000 To Boko Haram	4 12:24 OldSpook [1768]
Mahaz-e-Fedaiyan terror group commander arrested in Kabul	0 [1747]
Afghan intelligence seize 47 weapons imported from Peshawar to Kabul	1 15:44 Pappy [1743]
Baghdad flights disrupted after bullet hits flydubai jet	2 10:28 USN, Ret. [1742]
Iraq's Shiite militias killed 70 civilians after IS rollback: Sunni leaders	0 [1733]
Gunmen kill 11 in South Sudan’s western region	0 [1735]
Kashmir Korpse Kount	0 [1741]
Residents trickle back to Kobani as Daesh expelled	0 [1739]
Shaboobs kidnap farmers, pastoralists for ransom	0 [1743]
Israel warplanes launch 3 attacks on Syria army positions	0 [1741]
Somalia: Al-Shabab leader says he has quit terror group	1 09:42 Frank G [1739]
Page 2: WoT Background
Muslim Brotherhood-Aligned Leaders Hosted at State Department	2 15:18 Besoeker [1747]
Gazans attack UNRWA building after funding slashed	15 21:50 USN, Ret. [1763]
Spy General unloads on Champ's ISIS War Plan	13 22:32 JosephMendiola [1771]
Czech president chided for warning of jihadi ‘super Holocaust’	4 15:13 Procopius2k [1745]
US terror suspect to be released to halfway house	2 13:40 Otto Ometh3635 [1735]
Somalia suicide bomber had lived in Switzerland	0 [1739]
Thousands Displaced by Boko Haram Flood Nigeria City	0 [1738]
Female Terrorists Finding Their Place in Islamic Militants' Ranks	2 22:12 JosephMendiola [1767]
Teachers refuse to run anti-polio drive	0 [1739]
54 cases selected for military courts	0 [1740]
General Raheel vows 'not to abandon Fata without restoring peace'	0 [1729]
U.S. reiterates it does not recognize GNC and its Tripoli Hassi government	1 12:41 Pappy [1736]
Taliban confirm their visit to China	1 22:15 JosephMendiola [1764]
President Ghani sets hotline to receive complaints from people	0 [1733]
Israel to suffer consequences for Golan attack: Iran	9 15:56 g(r)omgoru [1740]
Sudan's President Bashir to compete with 14 candidates	0 [1734]
Foreign powers conspiring against people of Yemen: al-Houthi	0 [1733]
Japan says asking Jordan for help after new IS hostage video	3 22:21 JosephMendiola [1766]
Obama arrives in Kingdom to meet King Salman	9 13:37 swksvolFF [1744]
UN halts Gaza house repairs saying donors failed to pay up	7 13:56 SteveS [1736]
Egypt’s top cleric backs Brotherhood crackdown	0 [1730]
Four-Star General Tells Congress: Al-Qaeda Has "Grown Four-Fold in Last Five Years"	7 20:13 Procopius2k [1761]
And Now This: Pentagon denies decision made to charge Bergdahl with desertion	8 18:51 Frank G [1759]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Former Defense Intel Chief Blasts Obama	2 22:06 JosephMendiola [1763]
Seattle to Fine Residents for Throwing Food in the Garbage	16 22:58 SteveS [1764]
'Humble' Champ disliked idea of someone else putting on shoe cover	3 15:37 Frank G [1741]
Waiting for the End of the World: Fallout Shelter Tourism	0 [1744]
Snowden may have leaked 'source code' for NSA programme	5 15:38 Frank G [1733]
FLOTUS face blurred by Majic Kingdom State teevee.	20 21:53 USN, Ret. [1761]
Clash leaves three dead in Khyber	0 [1735]
Man 'beaten' by lawyers moves court	1 12:12 Deacon Blues [1742]
Family friends kidnap, kill boy	2 08:20 CrazyFool [1734]
Greece full debt repayment unrealistic: Syriza	14 16:51 Procopius2k [1748]
Child killings spread fear in Ivory Coast	0 [1733]
Ukraine parl. officially declares pro-Russians as terrorists	3 18:23 BrerRabbit [1731]
Russian Deputy Prime Minister: US Defenses Can't Stop Our Nukes Anymore	18 22:09 JosephMendiola [1772]
Pope Francis Wants to Cross Southern Border to Show "Brotherhood and Support for Immigrants"	24 22:09 Harry Angomoth4592 [1773]
Page 6: Politix
Champ tops personal best referring to himself 133 times in 33 minute speech.	5 17:36 BrerRabbit [1742]

    
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Who's in the News
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11	Islamic State
5	Govt of Pakistan
3	Arab Spring
3	al-Qaeda in Pakistan
2	al-Shabaab
2	Boko Haram
2	Houthis
2	Salafists
1	Hezbollah
1	Govt of Iraq
1	Govt of Saudi Arabia
1	Jamaat-e-Islami
1	Lashkar-e-Islam
1	Govt of Iran
1	Taliban
1	al-Qaeda
1	Govt of Sudan
1	Govt of Syria

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Two weeks of WOT

Wed 2015-01-28
Nigeria Loses City Of 100,000 To Boko Haram

Tue 2015-01-27
Official: Eight dead, including five foreigners, in Tripoli hotel attack

Mon 2015-01-26
Kurds 'Expel ISIS' from Strategic Kobane

Sun 2015-01-25
U.S.: Coalition Air Raids Back up Kurdish Advance in Iraq

Sat 2015-01-24
Iranian General Killed By Unlimited Minutes Cell Plan and Israeli Missiles

Fri 2015-01-23
Yemen prez, govt quit

Thu 2015-01-22
King Abdullah Tango Uniform

Wed 2015-01-21
Shiite rebels shell Yemen president’s home, take over palace

Tue 2015-01-20
45 Churches Torched in Niger Capital in Cartoon Demos

Mon 2015-01-19
Heavy clashes in Sanaa, president reportedly flees

Sun 2015-01-18
Gunmen Seize Yemen President's Chief of Staff

Sat 2015-01-17
SSP militant hanged for sectarian killing

Fri 2015-01-16
US drone strike kills seven in South Waziristan

Thu 2015-01-15
Burqa banned in China's Xinjiang

Wed 2015-01-14
Convict in US consulate attack case hanged

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